The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-07-23
Communicated.
FRANKFORT, KY, July 81, 81.

FRANKFORT, KY, July 81, 81.
Dear Roundabout:
In all my letters have tried to
avoid giving any personal offense.
may be more personal in this,
but do not intend to offend. |
will not call names, but if any one
in town or county becomes
offended, l wish to state, in answer,
I do not intend it. | have and
will write plainly of things in the
town and county as / view it
things that not only but every
tax. payer have an interest in
things that the people have had
but little say in. We have six
magisterial districts in the county
two magistrates elected from each
district who look after the finances
Of the county, ard are given UNI
limited power, by the people, un-
der the law, to tax themselves
1.-THE people) for any amount annu-
ally as they may see proper for the
building and repairing Of roads.
bridges, courthouse, Jail, &c. |
have taken some pains. recently,
to look into what these magistrates
have been doing with our money.
l ,am largely above an average
taxpayer, hence l claim l have
the right to "speak out in school, :"
and claim my money has not been
properly handled or distributed by
these magistrates. l claim one
portion Of. the county, for years,
has gotten the bulk Of the money
appropriated, to the detriment Of
other portions Of the county and
the city. I am on record, for the
past thirty years, as to public i'm
provements: have always advo-
Gated judicious taxation in Wood
ford county, where | was born and
raised, and in Franklin county,
not only in my own immediate
neighborhood. but the county at
large; but not to give one portion
an advantage over all other por-
tons.
This seems to have been the
action of our county court, which
is composed of these twelve magis-
trates and the county judge, the
latter having the casting vote on
all questions when there is tie
vote of the magistrates. How
this vote has been | do not know,
nor do l care to know, but it is a
fact, | am reliably informed
which, if any one doubts, the
records in the Clerks office will
show-that the three precincts,
Benson, Bald Knob and Flat
Creek, received, in appropriations
for 1887, $40, COS. 10, or, in other
words, about eleven times as much
as the amount of taxes they pay.
| learn things have been going
(the peoples money! to these three
precincts in the same proportion
for the past fifteen or twenty
years. Is this as it, should be?
Have the taxpayers been treated
right? Have other portions of the
county been dealt fairly by?
What other portion Of the. county
gets even as much as they pay, to
say nothing about eleven times as
much? We hear a great deal
about pauper counties in the noun
tains. What county can show
such a record as Benson, Bald
Knob and Flat Creek?
=. There are clever men living all
over these precincts. | do not
wish to hurt the feelings of a
single human being, but facts
must be told. Why should we
be taxed in this manner? What
benefit will accrue to the town or
county at large to have these eX-
cessive appropriations given to
this section? Who can show it?
What do we draw to Frankfort
from beyond this. People of
Franklin county, look at it, think
about it.
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